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..History and gastrointestinal endoscopy will confirm the diagnosis. Treatment is supportive, although acid reduction is used frequently as an adjunct. This review reflects the current state of knowledge in this field...

..However, studies demonstrated that the advantage of long-term PPI treatment over placebo could have been overestimated...

Long-term clinical course of extra-oesophageal manifestations in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. A prospective follow-up analysis based on the ProGERD study

D JaspersenKlinikum Fulda gAG, GermanyDig Liver Dis 38:233-8. 2006

..The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical course of extra-oesophageal reflux disease in a large population with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and extra-oesophageal reflux disease under routine clinical care...

..Aim of the study was to assess progression or regression of GERD over 2 yr in a large cohort of patients (N = 3,894) under routine clinical care in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (ProGERD study)...

Association of body mass index with heartburn, regurgitation and esophagitis: results of the Progression of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease study

..Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disorder. The aim of our study was to describe the prevalence of nighttime heartburn and its associations with esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, and extra-esophageal symptoms...